whats your best tip??

Count your calories and exercise ;-)

eat your exercise calories (it inspired me to do exercise - which i now love)

if you are trying not to eat something... don't have it in the house! :bigsmile:

Plan you meals for a week and then shop for what you need no what you think you want.

Realize that you're worth it, nobody is perfect, and life is too short to spend it beating yourself up.

Best tip I heard/read: Eat like a king at breakfast, a queen at lunch and a peasant at dinner. (has to do with meal sizes) Not everyone agrees with this, but it works for me both in terms of energy, sleep quality and weight loss.

Best thing I've figured out: plan and log meals in advance.

Bought some fun kids' stickers, made a special calendar to track my exercise days and every day I exercise, even if it's low-intensity, such as a moderate walk, I give myself one. I also track my weight on it. Once you get the line of stickers going you don't want to break it and it's colorful and happy so it makes me feel good to see that I am making my goals!

Bought some fun kids' stickers, made a special calendar to track my exercise days and every day I exercise, even if it's low-intensity, such as a moderate walk, I give myself one. I also track my weight on it. Once you get the line of stickers going you don't want to break it and it's colorful and happy so it makes me feel good to see that I am making my goals!

Ooh I'm loving the sticker idea!

best tip i ever heard: do not diet, change your lifestyle. continue to eat the foods you love, but in moderation. if you love cupcakes, then have one every couple of months for a special treat. don't cut anything out of your life entirely (unless you have a real health issue) this way, you don't cheat. my life has changed so drastically since i started working-out and eating healthy. instead of eating fast food 5-6 times per week and having at least 3000 calories per day, i now work-out 6 days per week and eat approx 1200-1400 calories per day of HEALTHY foods. last weekend i enjoyed a chili dog with my son - i enjoyed it b/c i used to eat like that every.single.day and now i can appreciate the good taste, yet still remain healthy. i guess the bottom line is: diets don't work, but healthy lifestyles do.

Do it for yourself and not for anyone else. Do because you want to, and more than just believing you can, KNOW that you can!

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OK seriously, Food in only a form of energy, nothing more, think of it as fuel, get enjoyment from food but not all the time, fill yourself up with enjoyment and happiness in other forms outside of food! Enjoyment is a mental feeling not a physical one!

best tip i ever heard: do not diet, change your lifestyle. continue to eat the foods you love, but in moderation. if you love cupcakes, then have one every couple of months for a special treat. don't cut anything out of your life entirely (unless you have a real health issue) this way, you don't cheat. my life has changed so drastically since i started working-out and eating healthy. instead of eating fast food 5-6 times per week and having at least 3000 calories per day, i now work-out 6 days per week and eat approx 1200-1400 calories per day of HEALTHY foods. last weekend i enjoyed a chili dog with my son - i enjoyed it b/c i used to eat like that every.single.day and now i can appreciate the good taste, yet still remain healthy. i guess the bottom line is: diets don't work, but healthy lifestyles do.

I discovered that last bit with soda. I used to drink A LOT of it. When I started this lifestyle change on the first of the year, I cut back. WAAAAAY back. Last week a friend and I were hanging out having a girls day and I had a cherry Dr.Pepper. It was probably the yummiest soda I have ever consumed!!!

have 2 mugs of green tea before each meal! this has helped me soo much!

I'm thinking of adding green tea to my diet. What kind of green tea are you drinking? Thanks.

Try to track your foods as you eat them instead of just logging everything at one time. This will make you more accountable and considerate as you go throughout the day.

plan your meals in advance (day before).. indulge your cravins in moderation.. and make exercise non-negotiable.. i changed my mantra from "ill try to get it in 3-5 times a week" to "i will absolutely, unless the world opens up and swallows me whole, or an asteroid hits the earth, exercise everyday for 25 minutes".. the result is at the end of 5 weeks instead of having already quit (as per usual) i have exercised 32 out of 35 days and am still going..